NGC 806
NGC 806
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 806 as it looked roughly 182 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 839Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 833Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 838Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 731Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 848Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 833Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 838Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 731Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 848Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical8.5 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).